Appendix F
Acronyms
CDIAC
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
CESDIS
Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences
CIESIN
Center for International Earth Science Information Network
COARDS
Cooperative Ocean/Atmosphere Research Data Service
DAAC
Distributed Active Archive Center
DAP
Data Access Protocol
DODS
Distributed Oceanographic Data System
EDC
EROS Data Center
EOSDIS
Earth Observing System Data and Information System
EROS
Earth Resources Observation Systems
ESTO
Earth Science Technology Office
FTP
file transfer protocol
GSFC
Goddard Space Flight Center
HDF
hierarchical data format
HTTP
hypertext transfer protocol
IT
information technology
LaRC
Langley Research Center
MD5
message-digest algorithm 5
MODIS
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCDC
National Climatic Data Center
NEIC
National Earthquake Information Center
NEpster
NPP-ESTO Portal for Science, Technology, and Environmental Research
NetCDF
Network Common Data Form
NFS
network file system
NGDC
National Geophysical Data Center
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NODC
National Oceanographic Data Center
NPOESS
National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
NPP
NPOESS Preparatory Project
NRC
National Research Council
NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center
NSSDC
National Space Science Data Center
ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
SAR
synthetic aperture radar
SDP
science data production
SEDAC
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
SQL
Structured Query Language
USGCRP
United States Global Change Research Program
XML
eXtensible Markup Language